Piercy v. State

“There are in this State no offenses in force by reason of the common law; in a sense all our crimes and misdemeanors are statutory; yet we have by statute given recognition to many offenses which were known to the common law and which have not been defined otherwise than by use of the general terms anciently used to describe them; and in such cases we look to the common law for more specific definition.” Redd v. State, 7 Ga. App. 575, 577 (67 S. E. 709). The offenses of open lewdness and notorious acts of public indecency tending to debauch the morals come within that class. Those offenses…